[Python-Dev] #ifdef __cplusplus?

[Curt Hagenlocher]

On Fri, Jan 2, 2009 at 8:35 AM, Christian Heimes <lists at cheimes.de> wrote:
>
> David Cournapeau schrieb:
>> Can't those errors be found simply using appropriate warning flags in
>> the C compiler ?  C has stopped being a subset of C++ a long time ago
>
> Python's C code still follow the ANSI C89 standard. The fact puts 'long
> time ago' in a different perspective. :)

...and many of us can still remember when Python's source was "K&R C" :)

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